- Space pop
- Lo-fi
- DIY
- Alternative
- Indie
- Electronic
- Post-punk
- Psychedelic
- Avant-pop
- Minimal synth
Comment: by listening to this 11-notch
outing it reminds me of those times when I was listening to Devendra
Banhart (it probably happened in the second half of 2003), and Ariel
Pink (it was probably up in the beginning of 2005). It does not mean
that Mjatnaya Lovushka, and Ariel Pink are stylistically very similar
but it is all about do-it-yourself attitude, about home recording,
about self-esteem to create something special and distinguishing
(even if it is partly rehashed and borrowed from obscure, forgotten
traditions of the underground music scene. In fact, we have no chance
to exceed previously established cultural layers beneath and around
us). The whole starts off at
Melting Light Among Leaves with a
soaring riff-o-rama being accompanied by clumsy stomping beats at the
bottom and dreamy synthesisers and singing atop. While I was
producing the sound of Autharktos I sometimes liked to exploit one of
such a prepared rhythm on my synthesiser Casio Tonebank Sa-1 with
intent to slightly modulate and change its initial pace. Later
tracks, however, will reveal the artist`s more introverted nature
even he likes to use hirsute guitar sounds and employ minimal and
monotonous yet predominant post-punk/and
minimal synth tinged
drumming. It
is because the Kosmische
Musik/cosmic synth induced
aspect is strongly presented within it. His soundscape is sometimes
wrapped up in enchanting hisses to provide an additional value to the
soundscape. You can find out many gems from within it (
Komari,
Melting Light Among
Leaves,
Drawings,
Pink Flakes,
Poison In Your
Bag)
but the whole is devoid of fillers and weak compositions. This
spellbinding issue is a bit
in the discography of Cologne, Germany-based imprint 101.io.
